Ādi 17.164

TEXT 164

TEXT

অশ্বমেধং গবালম্ভং সন্ন্যাসং পলপৈতৃকম্ ।
দেবরেণ সুতোৎপত্তিং কলৌ পঞ্চ বিবর্জয়েৎ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥

asvamedham gavalambham sannyasam pala-paitrkam

devarena sutotpattim kalau panca vivarjayet

SYNONYMS

asva-medham-a sacrifice offering a horse; gava-alambham-a sacrifice of cows; sannyasam-the renounced order of life; pala-paitrkam-an offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers; devarena-by a husband's brother; suta-utpattim-begetting children; kalau-in the age of Kali; panca-five; vivarjayet-one must give up.

TRANSLATION

"'In this age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in sacrifice, the offering of a cow in sacrifice, the acceptance of the order of sannyasa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a man's begetting children in his brother's wife.'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Brahma-vaivarta Purana. [Krsna-janma-khanda 185.180]